Mrs Widgery's Lodger

[prillalar]

When I suggested to kestrelsan that Jack and Daniel should do some morris dancing, she accused me of making morris up. But really, not even I could invent something like that.

I've only seen morris once. There's a local morris group (or maybe lots of them) and when Terry Pratchett came to town, the morris dancers performed outside the venue. [Insert joke about "not the stick and bucket dance!" here.]

It seems like such a cool thing -- so odd and ridiculous and ancient. I bet it would be fun to do, with the sticks and bells and handkerchiefs and all.

Whenever I think of morris, I think of the Lancre Morris Men in Lords and Ladies, dancing, dancing for their lives. Every time I read that, it almost makes me cry.

So, in conclusion, I did not make up morris but I was perhaps wrong to suggest that Jack and Daniel participate. Maybe Teal'c, though.

Comments

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

It kind of surprises me that someone hadn't heard of Morris dancing. Hey, there were Morris dancers performing on the lawn outside my workplace this summer.

I think Jack & Daniel would look cute doing it, too. :)

[prillalar]

I'm trying to remember how I first found out about morris -- it may have been Pratchett. It's not something that comes up in conversation all that often. *g*

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I first heard of it by reading a Ngaio Marsh novel, actually. But I now live in Victoria, B.C., which is a Canadian city that tries desperately to be a city of All Things British, so we actually have people who do that kind of thing here.

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

Don't ask me where this came from - I am a truly demented person. But all of a sudden, I have this vision of Jack and Daniel trying to do a proper Morris dance and failing miserably - but ol' buddy Thor doing it step for leap proper, bells, hankies, and all. Gods, the image in my brain proves it needs a good scrubbing - just as soon as I quit laughing my ass off.

[prillalar]

Thor! Thor of course is good at whatever he does. Maybe it's a usual Asgard pastime and it was introduced to Earth by them.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

my ex-gf is a morris dancer. erm. that's all i had to say about it, really. ;)

[prillalar]

That's all? I thought you might be able to dish some Intimate Impressions of Morris Dancing or similar. *g*